Brilliant! Absolute Oz legends (love the Aussie flag painted on the drum kit, never noticed that before, cute). Fun Facts: This was the first Aussie rock song to be a hit internationally. The Easybeats formed in 1964 in Sydney Australia - all migrants (they're originally from Scotland, England & the Netherlands). Singer Stevie Wright went on to have some classic solo hits in the 70s including the legendary "Evie parts 1, 2 & 3" (the biggest selling Oz song of 1974, and at 11 minutes, was at the time the longest song to hit number 1 anywhere in the world). Guitarists Malcom Young and Harry Vanda became the powerhouse songwriting and producing duo Vanda & Young (for acts like John Paul Young, Stevie Wright, Cheetah, William Shakespeare, Ted Mulry, The Angels, Rose Tattoo and AC/DC, and so are responsible for a huge chunk of Oz-music history, specially in the 70s), they also had hits themselves performing as "Flash & the Pan". George Young was the older brother of AC/DC's Malcolm & Angus Young. The "George" and "Harry" mentioned in the lyrics of Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing is said to be a nod to The Easybeats George & Harry.

This is correct . He died a couple few years back

I don't think that his heroin addiction was the reason why his life long health problems. I believe that he could have overcome them by himself,. Yes he made a mistake when he tried Heroin but he ended paying for them the rest of his life.😢😢😢😢. His biggest mistake was when he tried to get help by checking himself into the Chelmsford private hospital. 😢😢😢😢 There he was given 14 electric shock treatment's with out his permission. 😢😢 And they gave him a cocktail of drugs ( to treat him for his drug addiction' ). 😢😢😢😢 that put him in a deep sleep induced coma for two weeks or more. No one knows how long.😢😢😢 That made it impossible for his brain 🧠 to get the oxygen that he needed to stay healthy and active . It caused him to suffer from brain 🧠 damage for the rest of his life. 😢😢😢 He tried to get away from them by jumping out of a window and broke his foot 😢. He got staff infection and that was pretty much the reason why he suffered from it. The other 2 rehabilitations didn't help him either 😢😢😢 Just made him even worse.😢😢😢 He was a diabetic and didn't know it.😢😢😢 He was trying to self medicating to feel better 😢😢😢. And you can see what happened to him after that 😢😢😢😢. I feel very sad that he had to go through all of it by himself. 😢😢😢 His wife took his child and Left him to suffer from it by himself 😢😢😢😢😢 She claimed to have been in love with him 😢😢😢 But I think that she was in love with the fame and the attention she was getting 😢😢😢😢😢

The Easybeats first three albums were all original songs. The Monkees hardly wrote any of their hit songs or actually played on their recordings. IMHO most of the Easys' better songs preceded Friday. They were written by singer Stevie Wright and George Young.

Rhythm Guitar actually..George Young. Lead is Harry Vanda.

I'll have to eventually request that if I don't see it pop up.

The Easybeats were themselves they would have made it even if the Beatles and Monkees never came to being

The Monkees were a TV/Media created band. The Easybeats were real, great and made up of young immigrants who'd come to Australia for a better life. The Young family had a influence globally over decades including George's two younger brothers who formed AC/DC. Enough said.

Bloody ordinary geldof not a patch on hutchence